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Minnesota boy, 12, who dreamed of becoming a cop made honorary officer after suffering fatal heart attack in bike crash
A 12-year-old Minnesota boy who had dreamed of becoming a police officer was sworn in as an honorary cop shortly before he was tragically taken off life support.
Raghav Shrestha was given his own badge and made an honorary member of the Sartell Police Department in front of his heartbroken family at Hennepin County Medical Center on Thursday after a bike crash triggered a heart attack days earlier, police said.
“We learned today that Raghav’s dream was always to become a police officer when he grew up,” Sartell Police Chief Brandon Silgjord said in a statement posted on Facebook Thursday.
“Several of us involved in the incident were able to visit Raghav this morning, and in the presence of his family pin him with his own badge and swear him in as an honorary police officer with Sartell. Our community will continue to support Raghav’s family however we can as they process and grieve.”
Police said the young boy, a seventh-grader at Sartell-St. Stephen Middle School, was riding his bike down a hill at Northside Park Sunday afternoon when he crashed and suffered a severe head injury — despite wearing a helmet — that sent him into cardiac arrest.
Shrestha’s 10-year-old friend called 911 but struggled to give the exact location — until a good Samaritan, who happened to be a CPR instructor, confirmed it for police and began performing life-saving measures on the boy, cops said.
The youngster – described as a happy and spirited child – was airlifted in critical condition to the Minneapolis hospital, where his condition worsened and he was declared brain dead Thursday morning.
He was removed from life support that afternoon and died “peacefully” moments later.
“Raghav was a cheerful and fun-loving 12-year-old boy, doing what so many 12-year-old boys would be doing on a beautiful fall afternoon, which makes this tragedy so difficult to comprehend,” said Silgjord, who provided consistent updates to the community on the boy’s condition.
“His parents, while grieving the loss of their son, also wanted it to be known that more than anything they are proud to be Raghav’s parents and to have raised and known a boy that was always courageous in his word and actions.
“Choosing to never cause harm to people and animals alike and taking pride in his role as a big brother.”
The police department and community have since come together to launch a fundraiser for the boy’s grieving family.
As of Thursday night, the relief effort raised nearly $36,000.
The 26-year-old defenseman finished with three shots in 26:55 of ice time in his first game since being traded to Minnesota by the Vancouver Canucks on Friday for defenseman Zeev Buium, forwards Marco Rossi and Liam Ohgren, and a first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft.
“It’s been a whirlwind for sure,” Hughes said. “I’m just looking forward to kind of getting my feet on the ground and get with the team here and get in a day-to-day lifestyle here. But definitely the last 48 hours have been a lot, but I was excited to go play the game.”
Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist, Hartman had a goal and two assists, and Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist for the Wild (19-9-5), who extended their winning streak to four games and home point streak to 12 games (10-0-2). Filip Gustavsson made 29 saves.
“The crowd was electric I think just from the … I would say warmups to the introduction and then throughout the game,” Minnesota coach John Hynes said. “So, it was great to see the building like that and the guys perform the way that they did. So, it was a great combo.”
Alex Steeves and Andrew Peeke scored, and Swayman made 25 saves for the Bruins (19-14-0), who had won four straight.
“They’re a very good hockey team,” Boston coach Marco Sturm said. “They’re built pretty big, they play the right way, they play pretty hard, and they go to the net really hard, too. So, that’s something I mentioned, even between periods. That’s something we have to learn. And even if teams like that, we have to learn from that, and that shows we’re not there yet, and that’s a good thing, I think.
“Do we like the end results? No, but we had our chances in the first, even in the second period, and those are the chances that you have to use, otherwise it’s going to get hard against a team like that.”
Jared Spurgeon put Minnesota ahead 1-0 at 10:11 of the first period with a wrist shot through traffic as Swayman was screened by Marcus Johansson on a power play.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Temperatures dropped into the negative Saturday, with the coldest temperatures in the morning.
How cold it got in Minnesota Saturday
By the numbers:
Here is how cold the temperatures got in Minnesota:
- Hinckley: -20 degrees
- Bemidji: -20 degrees
- Ely: -18 degrees
- Brainerd: -18 degrees
- Detroit Lakes: -18 degrees
- Hibbing: -17 degrees
- International Falls: -17 degrees
- Duluth: -16 degrees
- Alexandria: -12 degrees
- St. Cloud: -12 degrees
- Cambridge: -11 degrees
- Grand Marais: -10 degrees
- Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport: -6 degrees
- Red Wing: -6 degrees
- Morris: -6 degrees
- Hutchinson: -5 degrees
- Rochester: -5 degrees
- Mankato: -3 degrees
- Windom: 0 degrees
- Marshall: 0 degrees
Here are the lowest wind chills across Minnesota from Saturday:
- Bemidji: -37 degrees
- Ely: -35 degrees
- Duluth: -34 degrees
- Brainerd: -32 degrees
- Detroit Lakes: -32 degrees
- Hibbing: -31 degrees
- Alexandria: -29 degrees
- Hinckley: -27 degrees
- Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport: -24 degrees
- St. Cloud: -24 degrees
- Willmar: -22 degrees
- Cambridge-21 degrees
- Grand Marais: -21 degrees
- Hutchinson: -21 deegres
- Morris: -20 degrees
- Faribault: -18 degrees
- Mankato: -18 degrees
- Marshall: -17 degrees
- Red Wing: -16 degrees
- Owatonna: -16 degrees
- Windom-12 degrees
Cold continues Sunday
What’s next:
The Twin Cities are under a cold weather advisory that is expected to last through Sunday morning, so residents should prepare for frigid conditions if they have plans to be outdoors.
Sunday will be slightly less frigid with temperatures climbing above zero. However, it will still feel like 10 below zero in the afternoon.
Milder and warmer temperatures are expected to return for the work week.
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